60 YEARS AGO

60 years ago, Francis Crick changed the logic of biology

In September 1957, Francis Crick gave a lecture in which he outlined key ideas about gene function, in particular what he called the central dogma. These ideas still frame how we understand life. This essay explores the concepts he developed in this influential lecture, including his prediction that we would study evolution by comparing sequences.

The personalities and problems of 60 years ago.

World War I was just finishing when in 1918 1 went up to Queen's. Returning ex -servicemen made this the largest year there had ever been, as it was in most universities in the UK. This made many problems for those seeking appointments later on: I myself applied for 20 posts in London as a house surgeon, but I was turned down for them all. In the anatomy department, for instance, with shortage ...

40 Years Ago

always voice his unhappy or distressing thoughts, and it is often most difficult to recognise the way he is tending, or having recognised it to induce him to seek the help and advice that would save him. And even when his condition has been realised and the man himself persuaded to have treatment, the difficulties in the ^ay of obtaining it for him are often insuperable. Outside of London and a...

Twenty Five Years Ago

so rarely met witH that a description of the following case is not without interest. AEuropean, aged 38, was admitted on the 4th February, 1929, with paresis of the left arm and leg. His previous history showed that he contracted syphilis in 1915, for which he was treated with a full course of murcury and galvarsan. In 1919 his Wasserman reaction was still positive and he had a further course j...

Seventy Five Years Ago